I think, and I may be dead wrong, that "Protection of Life" is a reason for issuance of a non-restricted Class A LTC, where as "Personal Protection" is a restriction on a Class A LTC that doesn't allow you to carry an extra magazine when you CC.
IMO that doesn't make any sense to me, unless there is some court/case
law saying so. MGL's certainly are quiet on further defining the actual
restrictions... so all one can go by is case law/experience. Even if we
were to apply logic to MA LTC restrictions (which is often a dangerous thing!)
there might be some really bad situation where you might need that
extra mag, even if it's just yourself you're trying to "protect".
IMO if they don't come out and say it (on your license) it's not a
restriction, although we damn well know that the chiefs in this state
basically get to do whatever they want WRT licensing. They could
write "Bathroom Only" and basically get away with it, if they really
wanted to.
Further, nowadays seeing those oddball reasons are less likely because of
the verbiage change from "reason for issuance" to "restriction".
-Mike